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The  “  Whosoever”  Farm, 

The  Wharton  Industrial  School, 


Ocean  Grove,  N.  J. 

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Charlotte,  N.  C. 


All  under  the  Personal  Direction  of  the  Rev.  H.  M.  Wharton,  D.D., 
Pastor  of  the  Brantly  Memorial  Baptist  Church,  Baltimore,  Md 
and  President  of  the  Luray  College,  Luray,  Va. 


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To  be  Published  especially  for  the  benefit  of  the  above-named  Charitable  Institutions. 


“It  is  more  blessed  to  give  than  to  receive. 


REV.  H.  M.  WHARTON,  D.D. 

Pastor  Brantly  Memorial  Baptist  Church,  Baltimore. 


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flntrotmcton\ 

'JS  any  reader  of  these  pages  conscious  of  some  little  life  whose  threads — which, 

through  some-  benign  or  divine  influence,  or  through  the  ties  of  blood,  are 
interwoven  with  his  own — are  threatened  with  fatal  failure  or  sudden  break  ? 

Is  there  any  little  voice,  the  music  ol  which  is  to  him  the  sweetest  sound  on 
earth,  often  heard  to  complain  :  “  Oh,  I’m  so  tired;  I  am  always  so  weary?” 

If  so,  have  courage,  take  heart  ;  not  always  do  such  little  ones  go  early  to 
their  rest.  Possibly  they  may  grow  strong  ;  and  likely  the  wheels  of  life  will 
drag  wearily  along  the  road  until  the  end  ;  but  it  is  probable  that  such  an  one  is 
fostered  by  a  mother’s  tender  care  and  devotion,  a  father’s  love,  or  a  guardian’s 
solicitude,  and  is  surrounded  with  all  the  comforts  of  home  ;  while  it  mav  be 
others  will  fall  from  whom  no  such  plaint  was  ever  uttered,  whose  cheeks  were 
rosy  with  the  blush  of  health,  and  whose  little  bodies  spoke  well  for  health.  It  is 
not  meant  that  they  may  fall  necessarily  from  lack  of  physical  nourishment,  or  a 
dearth  of  medical  care,  for  it  may  be  the  absence  of  mental  culture  and  proper 
instruction  looking  to  their  spiritual  welfare  that  will  lead  to  their  downfall  for 
time  and  eternity.  Which  of  the  two  hypotheses  is  the  more  mournful  of 
contemplation  ? 

Happily,  however,  the  Wharton  Homes  generously  provide  for  either 
contingency.  Will  the  reader  see  to  it  that  their  field  of  usefulness  shall  be 
increased?  And  do  not  let  it  be  forgotten  that  it  was  of  these  little  ones  He  said, 
“For  of  such  is  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven.” 

There  could  be  no  appeal  more  tender  than  the  wants  of  a  fatherless,  mother¬ 
less  child  ;  and  when  these  wants  include  food,  clothing,  shelter,  a  loving  sympa¬ 
thizing  friend,  a  guiding  hand,  the  best  impulses  in  our  nature  are  aroused. 

The  Wharton  Orphanages  were  commenced  in  a  peculiar  way,  but  God  never 
works  as  we  would  suppose.  “  He  moves  in  a  mysterious  way.”  These  pages 
will  tell  you  something  of  what  has  been  done,  and  may  lead  you,  by  His  help,  to 
lend  a  hand  to  move  us  on  to  greater  achievements.  There  is  no  limit  to  the 
good  that  may  be  accomplished.  Those,  who  from  the  first  have  entered  these 
labors,  have  never  questioned  the  fact  that  they  are  workers  together  with  God, 
and  that  He  will  not  fail  nor  forsake  them.  Their  prayer  is  for  sufficient  means  to 
receive  into  their  care  all  the  forsaken  and  pitiful  little  children  who  daily  knock 
at  our  gates. 

The  object  of  this  work  is  manifold.  First,  to  take  these  children  from 
surroundings  which  must  be  their  ruin  for  time  and  eternity  ;  an  entne  change  ot 
environment  is  the  first  great  need.  Formation  is  fai  bettei  than  reformation. 
Then,  to  put  them  under  moral  and  religious  training,  always  keeping  in  view  the 
“Home”  idea,  not  the  “Institution.”  We  educate  them  not  alone  in  books, 
but  in  work  and  practical  knowledge  which  will  prepare  them  foi  making  the  \  er) 

best  of  life. 


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Hbc  “Mbosocvcr”  Ibonte  anb  jfann, 

Xurav,  Dirgtnta, 


<HAS  established  for  the  protection 
illed  children,  boys  and  girls, 
the  outcast  and  neglected. 


,  support,  education,  and  training  of  imper- 
It  is  non-sectarian,  and  intended  only  for 


H.  M.  Wharton,  D.D., 

President  and  Treasurer. 


Albert  Nichols, 

Super i n  ten  den  t. 


It  is  operated  under  a  Charter  from  the  Legislature  of  Virginia,  with  the 
following  Trustees: 

H.  M.  Wharton,  Jas.  B.  Hudson,  E.  J.  Armstrong, 

N.  A.  Rust,  A.  W.  McKim,  Wm.  L.  Hudson, 

W.  T.  Riedler,  E.  T.  Booton,  M.  M.  Hargrove 

V.  H.  Eord,  L.  H.  Keller,  H.  V.  Hudson, 


irts  ifMston?* 

BOUT  ten  years  ago  three  children,  two  boys  and  a  girl,  whose  father  had 
been  killed,  and  whose  mother  was  in  the  penitentiary,  fell  into  Dr.  Whar¬ 
ton’s  hands.  With  these  children  and  five  dollars  the  work  began. 

Securing  the  service  of  a  widow  lady  and  her  niece  and  renting  their  home, 
the  door  was  opened  for  destitute  children  without  regard  to  creed  or  denomina¬ 
tion,  preference  being  given  to  the  children  of  the  fallen  and  outcast.  It  was 
unique  in  its  character  and  at  once  arrested  the  attention  of  the  public.  Applica¬ 
tions  came  from  societies  for  protection  of  children,  and  from  mothers  whose 
husbands  were  criminals  or  drunkards,  and  from  poor,  lost  creatures  who  still  de¬ 
sired  that  their  daughters  might  be  saved.  The  needs  were  so  pressing  and  wide¬ 
spread  that  the  Doctor  saw  there  must  be  an  enlargement  of  the  work  at  once. 
Not  having  the  means  at  hand  to  purchase  larger  premises,  he  moved  to  Luray, 
Virginia,  and  located  them  on  a  farm  near  the  town.  The  railroad  and  turnpike 
run  through  the  farm,  the  water  is  abundant,  the  fine  mountain  air  and  the  charm¬ 
ing  scenery  make  it  peculiarly  fitted  for  this  enterprise.  It  is  about  five  hours  from 
Washington.  A  charter  was  obtained  from  the  Legislature,  and  trustees  and  offi¬ 
cials  and  all  necessary  provisions  for  its  lawful  and  successful  management  were 
appointed.  Instead  of  one  large  building  the 


C.  H.  Grove, 

S.  A.  Walton, 

T.  J.  Berrey, 
G.  T.  Chapman. 


Parlor  Montgomery  Cottage,  Whosoever”  Farm. 


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Whosoever”  Farm  Scene. 


She  will  Graduate  in  1914 


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SCHOOL  BUILDING  AT  LURAY 


♦♦  ♦♦♦  W  \J V  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦ 


Mbarton  IRormal  anb  llnbustnal  School  for  Coloreb  cbtlbrcn 


Charlotte,  1R.  C. 


^HIS  SCHOOL  was  founded  by  Rev.  A.  Shepard,  D.D.,  and  was  named  for 

Dr.  H.  M.  Wharton,  who  was  further  complimented  by  the  title  of  “  Bene¬ 
factor,”  and  as  such  he  gives  to  its  welfare  and  advancement  much  of  his  valuable 
time  and  personal  attention. 

The  school  opened  its  fifth  session  Monday,  September  12,  1898,  with  an  en¬ 
couraging  outlook.  It  occupies  an  elevated  and  beautiful  site,  given  by  the  First 
Baptist  Church  for  the  education  and  elevation  of  the  colored  race.  The  building 
is  neat  and  comfortable.  The  climate  is  healthy  and  salubrious.  Every  year  the 
Trustees  seek  to  enlarge  its  scope  and  fit  it  for  greater  usefulness. 

All  persons  desiring  catalogues  are  requested  to  apply  to  the  President,  Dr. 
A.  Shepard,  800  Church  street,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

The  course  in  Methods  is  especially  designed  to  give  students  who  are  pre¬ 
paring  to  teach,  such  a  course  in  pedagogics  as  will  enable  them  to  understand 
something  of  the  laws  of  the  mind,  and  how  to  direct  the  education  of  the  children 
whom  they  are  to  teach.  In  addition  to  the  regular  studies  of  the  class,  lectures 
are  given  on  teaching,  on  school  management,  government,  and  the  relation  of 
mental  and  moral  science  to  the  work  of  instruction.  Students  taking  this  course 
have  work  in  practice  teaching  under  the  direction  of  an  experienced  teacher,  and 
thus  have  an  opportunity  to  become  practically  acquainted  with  the  various 
methods  of  instructing  and  managing  classes. 


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personnel 


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Of  the 


Mbarton  IRonnal  anb  llnbnstrial  School. 


ffacultg. 

REV.  A.  SHEPARD,  D.D., 
President  and  Founder. 

REV.  T.  D.  ATKINS, 
Principal. 

MISS  LIZZIE  RIDDICKS, 
Assistant  Principal. 

MISS  FANNIE  GORDAN, 
Instructor  in  Needle-work. 

M.  T.  POPE,  M.D., 
Instructor  in  Physiology  and  Hygiene. 

PROF.  E.  J.  YOUNG, 
Instructor  in  Vocal  Music. 

PROF.  C.  PI.  JONES, 
Instructor  in  Instrumental  Music. 


Boarfc  of  trustees, 

REV.  A.  SHEPARD,  D.D.,  President. 

M.  T.  POPE,  M  D.,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 
J.  H.  JOHNSON,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 
WILLIAM  HAWKINS,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 
MILAS  SMART,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 
WILLIAM  NORRIS,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

- SHUFORD,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

N.  P.  FRENCH,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 


Benefactor, 

REV.  PI.  M.  WHARTON,  D.D. 

1G 


THE  WILLARD  HOME  OCEAN  GROVE 


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The  late  FRANCES  E.  WILLARD. 


WOMAN  called  of  God,  a  woman  who  preached  Christ  in  politics,  Christ  in 
the  home,  the  equality  of  the  purity  of  men  and  women,  the  liberation  of  the 
oppressed,  the  destruction  of  legalized  wrong,  the  upbuilding  of  all  that  was 
great  in  home,  in  government  and  in  the  nation. 

Lady  Henry  Somerset. 


is 


tlbe  Mtllarb  ibome, 

©cean  ©rove,  1R.  3a 

jCJ  LADY  at  Ocean  Grove,  New  Jersey,  has  recently  given  and  conveyed  to 
Dr.  Wharton  by  deed  a  large  cottage,  with  ten  acres  of  ground,  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  establishing  an  Orphanage  for  the  care  of  the  children  of  our  American 
soldiers,  and  also  for  the  care  of  those  unfortunate  little  ones  whose  parents  have 
been  ruined  or  who  have  died  from  the  curse  of  strong  drink.  It  is  the  request  of  the 
generous  giver  that  this  Home  bear  the  name  of  the  honored  and  lamented  Frances 
Willard,  who  gave  her  life  for  the  unhappy  victims  of  intoxicating  drink.  Miss 
Willard  has  set  the  world  a  blessed  example,  and  we  who,  in  a  humble  way,  have 
the  opportunity  and  means  to  assist  this  modest  and  earnest  philanthropist  in 
carrying  on  her  work,  should  count  it  a  great  privilege  to  render  any  assistance  in 
our  power.  There  could  be  no  stronger  appeal  to  our  benevolence  than  the 
helplessness  of  the  little  ones  whom  we  seek  to  save,  and  no  greater  incentive  than 
the  consecrated  life  of  this  sainted  woman.  It  is  encouraging  to  know  that  how¬ 
ever  little  we  may  do,  it  will  not  be  lost,  either  in  the  general  work  of  providing 
and  sustaining  this  Home,  or  in  the  mind  of  Him  who  said,  “  Inasmuch  as  ye  did 

it  unto  the  least  of  these,  ye  did  it  unto  me.” 

Like  the  other  Homes  under  Dr.  Wharton’s  care,  it  is  non-sectarian  and  open 
alike  to  all  destitute  children  who  come  within  the  sphere  ol  the  purpose  of  the 
donor,  namely,  the  children  ol  soldiers  or  of  those  who  have  been  mined  b\  diink. 

This  home  will  be  opened  as  soon  as  sufficient  funds  shall  have  been  con¬ 
tributed  to  enable  us  to  begin.  It  will  supply  a  need  which  is  deeply  felt,  but  is 
not  met  by  any  institution.  The  Home  must  be  well  furnished,  and  it  will  be 
necessary  to  build  a  chapel  and  school-rooms  and  secure  the  necessary  attendants. 
The  children  are  ready,  and  we  shall  soon  have  the  arrangements  made  for  their 
reception  if  the  response  comes,  as  it  is  firmly  believed  it,  will. 


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LURAY  COLLEGE-WEST  FRONT. 


Xetters  of  Endorsement  and  Commendation. 


From  among  the  hundreds  of  letters  received  by  Rev.  Dr.  Wharton,  the  Editor  of  this 
/  olume ,  has  been  permitted  to  select  a  few  at  random . 


FROM  GEN.  FITZHUGH  LEE. 

Rev.  H.  M.  Wharton,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Sir  .  I  beg  to  add  my  testimony  to  that  you  have  already  received,  and  thank  you  for 
the  offer  of  the  institution  over  which  you  preside  to  provide  a  home  for  the  orphan  children 
of  soldiers  who  lose  their  lives  by  disease  or  in  battle. 

Expressing  the  hope  that  the  orphans  of  Cuban  soldiers  may  be  included  in  your  gener¬ 
ous  proposal,  I  am,  Very  truly  yours, 

(Signed)  FI  I  ZHUGF1  LEE,  Major-General  Commanding. 

FROM  THE  DAUGHTER  OF  GEN.  JOE  WHEELER. 

Dear  Dr.  Wharton  :  I  am  very  deeply  interested  indeed  in  your  Orphanages  in  Vir¬ 
ginia  and  elsewhere.  Anything  in  the  world  I  can  do  to  further  the  interests  of  either  will 
give  me  the  greatest  pleasure,  so  please  consider  me  entirely  at  your  command  at  any  time. 

Always  your  friend,  (Signed)  ANNIE  WHEELER. 

FROM  HON.  C.  J.  FAULKNER,  U.  S.  SENATOR  FROM  WEST  VIRGINIA. 

My  Dear  Mr.  Wharton  : — I  am  delighted  to  learn  of  the  progress  you  are  making  in 
the  care  of  orphan  children,  and  especially  the  outcast  and  imperilled.  I  know  of  no  one  who 
could  more  successfully  look  after  these,  who  so  much  need  assistance,  than  yourself. 

With  very  best  wishes,  I  am,  truly  yours,  (Signed)  CHAS.  J.  FAULKNER. 

FROM  HON.  H.  H.  CABANISS,  ATLANTA  EVENING  JOURNAL,  ATLANTA,  GA. 

My  Dear  Doctor  : — The  work  that  you  have  been  doing  for  several  years  past  in  caring 
for  orphan  children  is  a  noble  one,  and  there  is  praise  for  you  in  the  mouths  of  all  good  people 
who  know  of  it.  Some  record  of  your  work  in  book  form  would  not  only  put  it  in  enduring 
shape,  but  be  a  guide  to  others  as  to  how  to  do  this  work,  and  an  inspiration  to  them  to 
attempt  it.  With  very  best  wishes,  I  am, 

Sincerely  your  friend,  (Signed)  H.  H.  CABANISS. 

FROM  HON.  H.  R.  POLLARD,  CITY  ATTORNEY,  RICHMOND,  VA. 

Dear  Sir  I  beg  to  commend  to  the  prayers  and  benefactions  of  a  generous  and  patri¬ 
otic  public  the  grand  work  you  are  doing  at  your  Orphanage  Farm  at  Luray,  Va.  It  is  as  it 
should  be,  to  the  glory  of  the  civilization  of  this  age,  and  especially  to  our  beloved  land,  that 
no  orphan  shall  grow  up  untrained  and  untaught.  It  is  easier  and  better  by  such  means  as 
you  have  inaugurated  to  cut  off  the  supply  of  recruits  to  the  tramping  thousands  than  to 
restrain  or  reform  when  once  idle  and  evil  habits  have  been  formed. 

Yours  sincerely,  (Signed)  HENRY  R.  POLLARD. 

FROM  HON.  B.  H.  WARNER,  OF  WASHINGTON  CITY. 

My  Dear  Doctor  : — I  take  pleasure  in  commending  your  good  work  to  the  attention 
of  all  parties  who  may  have  money  to  spare.  "V  ou  will  benefit  not  only  the  present  but  future 
generations.  He  who  assists  in  caring  for  and  educating  children  helps  to  make  angels.  I 
am  sure  you  will  have  a  large  credit  balance  in  the  next  world  as  well  as  in  this  one. 

Sincerely  your  friend,  (Signed)  B.  H.  WARNER. 


FROM  DR.  TALMAGE.  October  4,  1898. 

The  Orphanages  of  Rev.  Dr.  Wharton  are  worthy  of  the  man  who  controls  them.  Dr. 
Wharton’s  work  in  pulpit  and  in  beneficent  institutions  is  something  marvelous  and  divinely 
inspired.  Let  all  good  people  forward  him  with  their  prayers  and  generosities. 

(Signed)  T.  De  WITT  TALMAGE. 

FROM  D.  L.  MOODY. 

My  Dear  Wharton  : — You  have  my  best  wishes  for  the  increasing  success  of  your 
schools  and  orphanages.  This  country  needs  that  Christian  influence  should  be  trained  more 
and  more  around  the  young  while  they  are  receiving  their  education. 

Trusting  that  you  will  be  blessed  and  prospered  in  all  your  efforts  along  these  lines, 

I  am,  very  truly  yours,  (Signed)  D.  L.  MOODY. 

FROM  HON.  W.  J.  NORTHEN,  EX-GOVERNOR  OF  GEORGIA. 

There  is  nothing  I  can  say  which  would  be  too  much  in  commendation  of  the  work  which 
Dr.  Wharton  is  doing  for  orphan  children.  There  is  no  man  in  America  moie  fitted  for  it,  or 
better  qualified  to  accomplish  great  good  for  the  helpless  little  ones  who  are  coming  under 
his  care.  I  believe  that  God's  blessing  will  go  with  his  efforts,  and  that  those  all  through  the 
land  who  are  assisting  him  in  his  good  work  will  find  it  the  very  best  investment  they  can 
make.  (Signed)  W.  J.  NORTHEN. 

FROM  HON.  JOHN  W.  DANIEL,  U.  S.  SENATOR. 

Lynchburg,  Va.,  September  17,  1898. 

Mr.  Wharton  : — I  take  pleasure  in  commending  the  noble  work  you  are  doing  in  pre¬ 
paring  a  refuge  for  orphan  children,  especially  the  outcast  and  destitute,  who  need  public 
charity.  The  statement  of  the  case  is  its  own  strongest  appeal  to  those  who  are  able  to  help, 
and  I  hope  the  good  work  may  be  blessed  with  much  fruitage. 

Very  truly  yours,  (Signed)  JOHN  W.  DANIEL. 

FROM  GENERAL  JOHN  B.  GORDON,  OF  GEORGIA. 

My  Dear  Dr.  Wharton: — lam  delighted  to  learn  that  some  Georgia  children  are  to 
be  gathered  into  the  fold  and  fostering  care  of  the  “Whosoever”  Home.  In  all  my  travels 
I  do  not  recall  an  institution  which  more  enlisted  my  sympathies  or  commanded  my  confi¬ 
dence.  God’s  hand  is  surely  in  this  great  work.  I  was  deeply  impressed  by  the  character 
and  intelligence  of  the  Christian  people  in  charge,  by  the  bright,  cheerful  look  and  manner  of 
the  little  inmates,  and  by  all  the  appointments  and  surroundings  of  the  institution.  If  the 
Christian  people  of  the  country  knew  as  much  of  its  non-sectarian  and  noble  work  as  I  do,  it 
would  surely  never  want  for  the  means  of  support  and  extension. 

With  earnest  good  wishes,  I  am  sincerely  yours,  (Signed)  J.  B.  GORDON. 


Some  of  tbe  Applications  for  Hbmissioiu 


I  he  kindly  forethought  of  Dr.  Wharton  in  declining  to  allow  the  names  of  applicants  to  be 
published  is  manifest ,  and  the  reasons  that  govern  him  are  obvious ,  but  in  order  that  friends 
may  see  something  of  the  appeals  which  come  in  the  mail  every  day,  we  append  a  few  extracts. 
ATearly  all  of  these  children  zvere  accepted. 


Re\.  H.  M.  Wharton.  Newport  News,  Va.,  August  2,  1898. 

Dear  Sir:— I  write  to  make  application  to  you  for  admission  to  the  “Whosoever”  Farm  for 
a  friend  of  mine.  Her  son  and  only  support  has  gone  to  the  Cuban  war.  She  is  very  needy, 
with  two  little  children  to  support.  What  I  pray  you  to  do  is  to  take  her  children  and  also  to 
give  her  employment  there,  that  she  may  not  starve.  She  is  a  nice  little  woman  and  can  sew 
real  nicely,  and  I  feel  sure  you  could  employ  her,  that  she  could  have  a  home  for  herself  and 
children  also. 

Please  write  at  your  earliest  possible  convenience,  and  do  all  for  this  woman  and  children 
that  the  blessed  Lord  has  put  in  your  power  to  do.  Most  humbly, 

Rev.  H.  M.  Wharton,  Baltimore  Md.  Asheville,  N.  C.,  August  3,  189S. 

Dear  Sir  : — I  am  a  widow  of  a  soldier  and  have  three  small  children  and  wish  very  much 
I  could  get  at  least  the  two  youngest  in  some  good  home  for  a  few  years.  My  husband  was 
in  Company  D,  troop  of  the  6th  Cavalry.  I  have  three  children,  one  a  girl  now  eight,  two 
boys,  seven  and  five.  I  came  to  Asheville  hoping  to  find  sewing  to  support  them,  but  work 
here  is  not  plentiful  and  I  am  a  stranger.  If  I  could  get  the  boys  a  home,  I  think  I  could  keep 
the  little  girl  with  me.  I  have  some  sewing  at  present,  but  not  enough  to  support  us,  and  it 
is  away  from  home,  and  I  am  obliged  to  leave  my  children  while  I  do  it,  and  it  distresses  me 
very  much,  for  the  boys  need  some  one  to  look  after  them.  I  believe  I  could  clothe  them  and 
perhaps  sometimes  send  them  some  money  to  help  support  them,  for  I  do  not  wish  to  give 
them  up,  but  to  find  a  home  until  they  are  older  and  I  can  take  care  of  them.  I  can  refer 
you  to  numbers  of  army  officers  and  some  navy.  If  you  think  there  is  any  chance  of  their 
getting  in  your  Home,  would  you  please  write  ?  Very  respectfully, 

Rev.  H.  M.  Wharton.  Northumberland,  Pa.,  August  2,  1S98. 

Kind  Sir  : — I  read  in  the  Christian  Herald  of  your  Home  in  Luray,  Va.  I  have  two  little 
ones  that  need  just  such  a  home.  I  am  a  trained  nurse,  and  married  a  man  and  he  abused 
me  so  dreadfully  that  I  was  compelled  to  leave  him.  Could  you  by  any  means  get  me  a  posi¬ 
tion  in  the  Home  and  take  the  children  there,  too  ?  If  I  could  only  get  something  to  do  there, 

I  could  nurse,  sew  or  do  anything. 

Please  let  me  hear  from  you  soon.  If  you  cannot  take  me,  could  you  take  my  children? 
H.  M.  Wharton,  D.D.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Dear  Sir  : — There  is  in  this  place  a  family  in  which  are  four  or  five  little  girls,  their  ages 
ranging  from  ten  years  dowm  to  two.  The  mother  is  depraved  and  the  father  a  drunkard  ; 
the  children  are  in  my  class  in  Sunday  School  (where  we  provide  clothing  for  them).  The 
mother  has  expressed  the  wish  to  find  homes  for  the  children,  and  though  I  did  not  say  to  her 
that  I  would  try  to  find  homes  for  them,  your  “  Whosoever  ”  Home  was  suggested  to  me.  If 
there  is  any  hope  that  you  wall  be  able  take  them,  will  you  please  let  me  hear  from  you,  giving 
the  necessary  information,  and  whether  or  not  you  are  able  to  do  anything  for  these  unfor¬ 
tunate  children  ?  May  God  bless  you  in  your  noble  work.  Very  truly, 


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Contributions. 


The  most  of  the  voluntary  contributions  to  these  humanitarian  ejfot  ts  are  small ,  though 
occasionally  a  check  for  $100  is  received ,  and  as  high  as  $500  or  $1000  sometimes.  Beloiv 
are  given  a  fezv  samples  of  co?ilributions  received. 


A  friend  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  encloses  check  for  one  hundred  dollars  and  writes  that  he 
takes  pleasure  in  making  this  contribution  to  the  blessed  work. 

A  Sunday  School  in  Massachusetts  sends  sixteen  dollars  If  each  Sunday  School  in  the 
land  would  send  us  one  small  collection,  it  would  enlarge  our  work  a  hundred  fold.  . 

A  good  man  in  Petersburg,  Virginia,  claims  the  privilege  of  giving  fifty  dollars  a  year. 
This  takes  care  of  one  child. 

A  class  of  young  ladies  in  the  First  Baptist  Church,  Macon,  Ga.,  Rev.  J.  L.  White,  D.D., 
pastor,  pays  sixty  dollars  a  year  to  support  little  Effie  Wynne. 

A  godly  man  and  his  wife  in  Germantown,  Phila.,  out  of  gratitude  for  the  conversion 
of  their  son  and  daughter,  gave  one  thousand  dollars  to  build  a  cottage.  It  is  one  of  the 
prettiest  cottages  on  the  “  Whosoever  ”  Farm. 

A  class  of  young  ladies  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  has  undertaken  the  clothing  of  one  of  the 
little  girls. 

Two  very  dear  friends,  a  gentleman  and  his  wife,  in  New  London,  Conn.,  give  fifty 
dollars  a  year,  and  their  prayers  and  sympathy  are  quite  as  helpful  as  the  money  they  give. 

A  good-hearted  brother  in  Baltimore,  who  will  not  let  his  name  be  known,  sent  $25  last 
year  and  says  he  will  double  it  this  year. 

The  editor  of  the  greatest  daily  paper  in  the  South  sends  his  annual  gift  and  helps  us  by 
his  paper  as  well. 

The  people  of  Luray,  Va.,  make  annual  donations  to  the  Farm.  We  hold  assemblies 
there  each  summer,  and  the  children  sing  and  recite  and  the  noble-hearted  people  give  with 
tearful  joy.  It  was  a  precious  sight  this  last  summer  to  see  a  little  orphan  standing  with  hat 
in  hand  while  the  multitude  pressed  to  the  front  with  their  gifts.  God  bless  them,  one  and  all. 


The  above  will  give  an  idea  how  these  homes  are  supported.  The  great  and 
constant  need  is  money  for  this  work.  As  the  Lord  sends  the  money  the  field 
widens  and  increases,  and  the  precious  harvest  grows. 


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